hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. hundreds of women in london have gathered in defiance of covid rules to hold a memorial for sarah everard. she was kidnapped and murdered two weeks ago and her death has become the focus of widespread anger in the uk about sexual violence against women. this was the scene a little while ago ago as groups of women gathered on clapham common in south london, near to where sarah everard was last seen. they held a candlelit vigil, despite the official cancellation of the event because of coronavirus restrictions. concern about case has been fuelled by the charging of a serving police officer with sarah everard s murder. and there s criticism too for the way the police have tried to break up saturday s event. there was supposed to be an official vigil here at 6:30pm. that was cancelled after the women s safety campaign group reclaim these streets failed to get a judge to overturn the metropolitan police s order th
i met martine croxall. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. police in london have been heavily criticised for breaking up an unauthorised vigil for a woman who was kidnapped and murdered. sarah everard s death has become the focus of widespread anger in the uk about sexual violence against women. it s all the more sensitive because a serving policeman has been charged with the killing. groups of women gathered on clapham common in south london, near to where sarah everard was last seen. they held the memorial, despite the official cancellation of the event because of coronavirus rules. the police said the gathering breached restrictions and images on social media show the police forcibly removing people and pinning a woman to the ground. the mayor of london, sadiq khan, said the scenes were unacceptable. helena wilkinson reports. not far from where sarah everard went missing 11 days ago, a visible outpouring of grief. hundreds gathered at the
hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. to what the papers will be with me are political writer and academic maya goodfellow and former conservative adviser mo hussein. great to see both there. quick look at the front pages for tomorrow morning. let s start with the mirror, which reports on the news that a policeman has been charged with the kidnap and murder of sarah everard. a report on drunken british army troops makes the front page of the daily mail, which claims it has seen disturbing video footage of an initiation ordeal. the financial times says british taxpayers will be left with billions of pounds worth of debt due to the collapse of financial services company greensill capital and the troubled business empire of sanjeev gupta. a new trade deal with the united states is on the horizon, which will bring wealth to every corner of our nation . that s according to the front page of the express. the telegraph says everyone
in may of last year, say the city has agreed a $27 million settlement to their civil case for damages. at 10pm, we ll have a full round up of the days news. first, the media show. what does morgan s departure say about the future of highly opinionated journalism in british media? hello, it s the oprah, meghan, and harry show! not really, this is the media show. but if you re bored of that spectacle, i m afraid to tell you that the aftershocks are very real and relevant to us. as we always say, the media is the story. itv s share price fell by around 5%, reuters has quoted city traders who say that the fall could be partly attributed to the resignation of itv s star journalist, piers morgan. morgan was bringing in record ratings for good morning britain, of course, but he quit on tuesday after refusing to apologise for his on air criticism of the royal couple. so, whilst the oprah interview represents an historic move moment for buckingham palace, is it also a massive deal for